# Ramesh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ramesh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “husband of rama (the goddess lakshmi)” |
| Pronunciation | /ɹəˈmeɪʃ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 185 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 185 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit रमेश (rameśa), meaning "husband of Rama (the goddess Lakshmi)", an epithet of Vishnu and Krishna.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 8 | 4,745 |
| 1980 | 13 | 3,387 |
| 1981 | 11 | 3,798 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,475 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,048 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,138 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,608 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,393 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,685 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,992 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,486 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,683 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,380 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,788 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,630 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |

## People named Ramesh

- Ramesh Pokhriyal, 5th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, India
- Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, 35th Chief Justice of India

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.